The Cincinnati Bengals had a terrible Sunday, but they can find some solace in two other AFC Norths taking their own respecting whooping. The Pittsburgh Steelers got beat up by the Houston Texans, while the Cleveland Browns lost to the Baltimore Ravens.
For Cleveland, they were without their franchise quarterback in Deshaun Watson. After popping up on the injury report with a shoulder injury, Watson’s status for Sunday was in question until right before game time.
When rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson was named the starter, the assumption was that the Browns’ medical staff did not give him the green light to take the field.